Corset



(ModeL) D. H. PANNING.

CORSET.

No. 244,118. Patented July 12, 1881 N. PETERS. Fhnmumn n her. Wishingia. n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID H. FANNING, OF WORCESTER, ASSIGNOR TO THEODORE O. BATES,

OF NORTH BROOKFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

CORSAET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,118, dated July 12, 1881.

Application filed January 8, 1881. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID H. FANNING, of Worcester, county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Corsets, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

This invention has for its object to impart additional stiffness to corsets at and about the waist, under the arms, or between the upper and lower ends of the corset, at its sides.

My invention consists in the combination, with a corset, of stiffened zones extended across the sides of the corset under the arms, the ends of the said zones being sewed to the body of the corset in the seams which unite the back and front pieces of the corset.

Figure 1 represents, in side elevation, a sufficient portion of one-half of a corset to illustrate myinvention, the stiffening-zone being broken out and turned partially back to show the main portion of the corset under it. Fig. 2 is a modification of Fig. 1, a portion of the zone being also broken out.

In this my improved corset the back piece, a, the front piece, b, and side pieces, 0 d, may be of usual construction, the said parts having their edges stitched together in usual manner. The parts 0 d constitute the sides of the corset and fall immediately underneath the arms of the wearer. The part b, entering into the front, is that part which commonly forms the front ofthe bust. The scams 2 3, uniting the edges of b a and c d, are as usual; but in the said seams I place and secure the ends of the zone 0, the zone, excepting at said ends, being preferably disconnected from the other parts of the corset. This zone 6 is stiffened by a series of vertical bones or stiffening-strips placed in pockets located between the dotted lines, shown as extended from the bottom to the top thereof. The side pieces, 0d, of the corset are stiffened in the usual manner by a series of vertical bones or stiffening-strips extended substantially from the bottom to the top of the corset in pockets between the parallel dotted lines on the said side pieces, 0 d. This stiffened zone, connected at two of its edges with the corset, may be extended across the side pieces near the center of the corset, and down more or less near the lower end of the side pieces, 0 d, of the corset, or it may be extended diagonally across the said side piece, as in Fig. 2. This stiffened zone materially stiffens the corset at the waist, where the greatest amount of strain comes upon it when being worn, and thus enhances its durability. I

The bones or stiffening-pieces of the zone may be placed at more or less of an angle with relation to the bones or st-ift'enings in the side pieces, 0 d. 1

A stiffened zone extending from the rear scam of a corset forward under the arm and laced at such forward end is old but my con struction differs from this in having the zone rigidly attached at both ends or sides throughout its entire length,thereby obtaining greater strength and stiffness.

I claim-- The front, back, and side pieces, having scams 3 2, combined with the stiffened zone 0, extended across the side pieces, between the top and bottom thereof, the ends of the zone being united in the said seams, the upper and lower edges of the zone being free or unattached and resting on and stiffening the side pieces, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DAVID H. FANNING.

Witnesses THEODORE O. BATES, BENJ. L. SAMPSON. 

